47 Glyde Street

47 Glyde Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Federation / Gothic Influences

No. 47 (previously was no. 89) Glyde street is one of a pair of residences constructed in limestone and brick with a hipped corrugated iron roof. It is a good example of a Federation Bungalow style duplex half house. Unlike its neighbour at No 45 Glyde Street there is no infill to the verandah. The original front door and hopper light and flanking window have been retained. The facade features a full width bullnose roofed verandah supported between flanking parapet walls. 

HISTORY

1946 Morris Cowley Utility, 1927, Price £70. Keegan, 47 Glyde-st., Fremantle. (reference)

1946 Chevrolet Truck Ton, 1927 model, fixed price £75, selling £70. T. Keegan, 47 Glyde-st., Fremantle. (reference)

1949 Bicycle, gent's, reconditioned, good tyres and tubes, £9 or best offer. 47 Glyde-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1950 For sale gent's bike, 28in., good order; boy's 26in. bike, needs repairs, best offer. 47 Glyde-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1952 Real Estate. East Fremantle 45-47 Glyde St., No. 47 Vacant. A pair of S. D. stone and brick houses each with front vers., hall, 3 good rooms, bathroom, laundry, sewered. High position, handy to bus, school and shops. Only £1,000. Will consider offers. see J. J. & F. G. Higham (1932) Estate Agents, 49 High-street, Fremantle. L2422. (reference)

1953 For Sale. Gent’s near new O'coat, o.s., bargain. £6. 47 Glyde-st., East Ftle. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1940 - 1942: Waters, Joseph

1942 - 1944: Vacant

1945 - 1953: Keegan, Thomas

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47 May Street

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ARCHITECTURE

Late Federation Bungalow with Georgian Influences

No 47 May Street is a single-storey house constructed brickwork with a hipped corrugated iron roof. It is a good expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The place is symmetrically planned with a central door and hopper light flanked by sidelights and double hung sash windows. The facade features a full-width skillion roof verandah supported on timber posts.

HISTORY

1925 Transfers. Harley, from A. D. Young to John Jennings, 47 May-street, East Fremantle. (reference) 

1931 Birth on November 19, at Nurse Bathgate's Private Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. Jennings, of 47 May-street, East Fremantle—a son.(reference) 

1933 Vehicle transfer: 3246, Mrs. F. A. Manuel to John Jennings, 47 May-street, East Fremantle, Dennis truck.(reference) 

1934 Stroller, drop back and hood. Reply 47 May-street, East Fremantle. (reference) 

1945 Harry Norman—in loving memory of dear Grandpa. From Norma and (Blue) Gordon Blundell (P.O., R.A.N.) (reference)

RESIDENTS

1921 - 1936: Jennings, John

1936 - 1938: Foreman, Walter V.

1938 - 1942: Thompson, William L.

1942 - 1947: Smith, Arthur

1949: Blundell, Gordon H.

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47 Clayton Street

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ARCHITECTURE

Porch House Bungalow W/
California Bungalow Influences

No 47 Clayton Street is a single storey house constructed in limestone brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Porch style. The place sits on a corner lot and addresses both Clayton Street and Pier Street. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a hip roofed porch. The porch is supported on Tuscan columns set on rendered piers. A rendered balustrade spans between the piers. The half- timbered gable bay features a set of casement windows. There is a central door flanked by a set of casement windows. The place sits on limestone foundations. Lower walls are face brick and the upper walls are rendered.

HISTORY

1940 Birth on October 12, at Woodside Hospital, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. George Forbes, of 47 Clayton-street, East Fremantle—the gift of a son (Clement Joseph). Both well. No visitors till October 21. (reference)

1941 Birth on October 8, at St. Helen's Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Bishop, of East Fremantle—a daughter (Janice Grace). Both Well. (reference)

1942 Donnybrook: For sale, W.B. House and about 1½ acres, with a few fruit trees, property situated cor. Thompson-st and Cora-St. Price £300. Apply 47 Clayton-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1944 Harley-Davidson and Sidecar, 6/7, good running order, needs few minor adjustments, new tyres, £32/10/. 47 Clayton-St., East Fremantle. (reference)

1945 For Sale, Goulding Sidecar, excellent condition. Apply 47 Clayton-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1945 Birth at Woodside, East Fremantle, to Grace and Glen (S.W.P.) and 47 Clayton-street, East Fremantle—a daughter (Noelle Lewin). Both well. (reference)

1946 Harley Davidon wanted, solo 7/9 or 10/12. in any condition, must be 1933 or later model. Apply Bishop, 47 Clayton-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1950 Grazing Paddocks for trotting horses to let, metro. area. Bishop, 47 Clayton-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1954 Trotting harness, hopples, boots, bloomers, rugs, gear, for sale. 47 Clayton-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1954 Rocking Horse, beautiful Job, £12/10/; 2 scooters and trikes. 47 Clayton-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1935 - 1942: Dimmick, Norm.

1942 - 1949: Bishop, Glen.

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47 Duke Street

47 Duke Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Federation / Georgian Domestic Carpenter

No. 47 (previously was no. 115) Duke Street is a single-storey cottage of timber framed and jarrah weatherboard construction. The place has a hipped ‘M’ format corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style.

The place is consistent with the pattern of development in Plympton and plays an important role in the pattern of development of a working class suburb.

HISTORY

1924 Car registration. No. 5089: Ford car, Pocock Saxon, 115 Duke-street, East Fremantle. (reference)

1924 Motorcycle registration. No. 2077: Douglas motorcycle, A. Saxon, 115 Duke-street, East Fremantle. (reference)

1930 Car registration. No. 13765: Leslie J. P. Dillon to Arthur Saxon, 115 Duke-street, East Fremantle-Chevrolet. (reference)

1933 The engagement is announced between Elizabeth Gladys Rose, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Herbert, of 115 Duke-street, East Fremantle, to James William, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hammond, of Brixton-street, Cottesloe. (reference)

1937 Motorbike registration. No. 11166: L. C. Herbert, 115 Duke-street, East Fremantle, Ariel. (reference)

1937 Birth on September 19, at Hillcrest (private ward), to Mr. and Mr. Les. Herbert, of 115 Duke street, East Fremantle—a son (Edward Ronald). Both well. (reference)

1941 Death on October 23, at Perth, Elizabeth, dearly beloved wife of John Thomas Bawden, of 35 Canning-highway, Victoria Park, loving mother of Elizabeth May (Mrs. Les Herbert, 47 Duke-street, East Fremantle), fond mother-in-law of Les, loving grandma of Rose (Mrs. Hammond, Palmyra), Claude (Wembley), Clarrie (R.A.A.F., abroad), Dulcie, Laurie and Teddy; great-grandmother of Leslie, Edwin and Neil; aged 75 years 4 months. (reference)

1943 Warrant Officer Henry Clarence Herbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Herbert, 47 Duke Street, East Fremantle, who has been awarded the D.F.C., is a Mosquito bomber pilot, and served in Malta during the blitz months. (reference)

1943 Mosquito Pilot. Twenty-five-year-old W/O Henry Clarence Herbert, second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Herbert of 47 Duke Street, East Fremantle, is a Mosquito bomber pilot operating from England. Before joining the R.A.A.F. in May 1940 he was a clerk in the employ of the Agricultural Department, Perth, and a prominent cyclist. A member of Fremantle Cycling Club, he specialised in motor paced events and holds an important State record. He covered a measured mile behind a motor cycle from a flying start to record a State record rate of 76 m.p.h. He has served in Malta and since returning to England has been allocated to Mosquito bombers. His sister said today that a telegram announcing the immediate award of the D.F.C. was received last Thursday. An elder brother Claude is training as an observer in the R.A.A.F. Herbert's father is an employee of the Water Supply Department, Fremantle. (reference)

1949 Death on January 15, at Royal Perth Hospital, result of accident, Norman Kestel, beloved nephew of Mrs. L. Grey (47 Duke-street, East Fremantle). (reference)

RESIDENTS

1909 - 1932: Saxon, P.

1933 - 1949: Herbet, Mrs. Les

1949: Grey, Mrs. L

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47 Fortescue Street

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ARCHITECTURE

Late Inter-War Bungalow Porch House

No. 47 Fortescue Street is a single-storey house constructed in timber framing and fibrous cement cladding, with a hipped and gabled, tiled roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Porch style. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a central gabled-roof entry porch, supported on Tuscan columns. There is a central door, to which shutters have been added, flanked by casement windows. The roofscape features a brick chimney.
The place retains its basic form and details, however, there are additions to the rear. The lot has been subdivided with a residence built at the rear (this house addresses Fletcher Street). The place is consistent with the building pattern in the Precinct and it plays an important role in the pattern of development of a middle-class suburb.

HISTORY

Research on the history of this property is currently under way by the Museum of Perth in partnership with the Town of East Fremantle.

RESIDENTS

No residents list

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47 Sewell Street

47 Sewell Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Early Federation, Cottage w Georgian Influences

No. 47 (previously was no. 107) Sewell street is a single story cottage constructed in rendered masonry with a hopped corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a full width return skillion roofed verandah. There is a central door flanked by double hung sash windows. The house is set deep in the lot. The houses in the immediate context which are set close to the front lot boundary.

HISTORY

1933 Bogus Bus Tickets. Commercial Travellers Lapse. Although Reginald Stuart Pepworth (39), a commercial traveller, pleaded guilty to a charge of false pretences in the Fremantle Police Court yesterday Mr. H. J. Craig did not record a conviction. The charge was that accused obtained a journey on a charabanc of the South Suburban Bus Company by falsely pretending that a document purporting to be a return ticket was made for and issued by the company. A further charge of having uttered a false document purporting to be a return ticket was withdrawn.Detective-Sergeant Lewis said that accused was an employee of a Fremantle printing works, which recently supplied the bus company with 20,000 tickets. The tickets were made up in sheets of 12, afterwards being guillotined into single tickets. Certain of the sheets were printed with duplicate numbers and were placed on the office file as 'spoils.' References from prominent citizens, including a former Attorney-General (Mr. H. Parker), Mr. E. H. Gray, MLC, the Town Clerk of. East Fremantle (Mr. H. H. Parker) and the managing director of the firm by which accused was employed, were read in court... (reference)

1944 Death on January 6, at Fremantle, Evelyn Mansfield Alford of 50  Pakenham-street, Fremantle, loved daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. E. Alford of 47 Sewell-street, East Fremantle; age, 22 years. (reference)

1953 Death on Oct. 22 At his residence 47 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, Edwin Alford, dearly loved husband of Sarah Ann Alford, loving father of Olive (Mrs Dunn),  Doris (Mrs C. Robins), Annie (Mrs P. Robins), Bill and Fred, father-in law of Cecil, Frank and LiI and fond grandfather of 16 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren: aged 73 years. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1911 - 1913: Mitchell, Robert

1914 - 1916: Jarvis, Robert

1917 - 1918: Smyth, Mrs. E. B.

1919: Turnball, Mrs. E. M.

1920 - 1922: Lane, Thomas E.

1923 - 1925: Pepworth, Reginald S.

1926: Huggins, Frederick Charles

1927 - 1928: Watts, Albert F. C.

1929: Amos, William G.

1930 - 1949: Alford, William J.


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47 Oakover Street

47 Oakover Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Inter-War Bungalow w Federation Influences

No 47 Oakover Street is a single storey house and shop constructed in rendered brick. The shop is classically derived with face brick and rendered walls, rendered parapets and a skillion corrugated iron roof. The house is in the Inter-War Bungalow style with rendered walls and a hipped tiled roof.
The shop is located on the south east lot boundary. It features a canopy that follows the line of the parapet. There is a corner entry flanked by display windows. The parapet is divided by pilasters and articulated with recessed panels.
The residence wraps around the corner shop. The Oakover Street elevation is set back from the street. The Fletcher Street elevation sits on the lot boundary. The front elevation has a full width hip roofed verandah supported on Tuscan columns. There is an offset entry door flanked by sets of casement windows. 

HISTORY

1936 Fremantle House Burgled. Notes and silver to the value of nearly £40 were stolen from the home of Mr. E. J. Kealley, at the corner of Oakover and Fletcher streets, East Fremantle, yesterday. The theft occurred while the house was left unoccupied between 2.45 p.m. and 9.30 p.m., two of the rooms being ransacked. Detective-Sergeant Parker Is making investigations. (reference)

1937 Motor Vehicle Registration. 33174, Mrs. S. Walker, 47 Oakover-street, East Fremantle. Chevrolet. (reference)

1939 Motor Vehicle Registration. 32518, E. A. Kealey, 47 Oakover-street, Fremantle. Morris Eight tourer. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1929 - 1936: Dymock, Harry (mixed business)

1936 - 1945: Kealley, E. O. (mixed business)

1946 - 1949: Patterson, H. D. (mixed business)

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47 Fraser Street

47 Fraser Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Federation / Interwar, Domestic Carpenter

No 47 Fraser Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a gable corrugated iron roof. It is symmetrically composed with a full width skillion roof verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts and features a St Andrew’s cross balustrade.

HISTORY

Research on the history of this property is currently under way by the Museum of Perth in partnership with the Town of East Fremantle. If you have any stories or information about this property, please contribute it in the comments below.

RESIDENTS

1936 - 1943: Stanley, Thomas

1944 - 1949: Stanley, Mrs. F. B.

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